Since the most important election of our lives is only 840 hours away, I'll be posting some things to consider or support from time to time. Today we offer videos interviewing GOP Cyber security expert Stephen Spoonamore who explicitly states "the GOP wanted e-voting to steal elections but now foreign governments will be hacking and the winner will be determined by the best hackers. He says that if the GOP wins the hacking competition, McCain will win 51.2 percent with three electoral votes over Obama, and it will be a stolen election." If you're interested, read on.

I found this to be high theater. From my days as a (fairly) nationally respected bipartisan political blogger - read: deals with real issues, i.e., environmental, social, global... - I learned there are things called "trolls." These are beings on the internet who watch for the chance to deny, denigrate, mock. or hector those who further any progressive agenda at all. Knee-jerk "libruls" are a different thang altogether. In a Washington Post comment stream I found an amazing piece of wisdom. It was written by someone who sounds like one or both of my elderly parents, both of whom do not like Bush, what's happening to our country, or any of the posturing bloviating windbags in government today with a few exceptions. This cuts to the core of what's up for America.

A legend has died. He's one of the best to ever grace the silver screen, and his performances have given us countless hours of the finest entertainment. The embodiment of blue eyed cool. "The Hustler," "Exodus," "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof," "Sweet Bird of Youth," "Harper," "Hombre," "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting," "Absence of Malice," "The Verdict," "Nobody's Fool," and many others. Thanks for everything, Paul. Major Aquarian talent and philanthropist is a good life. Enjoy reviewing the movie of your life on the Buddhic plane. I doubt you'll have any regrets.

Though I've given talks on this subject for years, I haven't shared with readers of this site one process that fairly easily stops negative parts of us from externalizing. While some may think this is easier said than done, I can assure you the process works if we apply ourselves and don't give up through impatience, ego judgments, and other obstructions getting in the way of the discipline. I state this with authority since it's worked for me and countless others over many years. If you want to explore one technique to give up unhelpful patterns, stay tuned.

Mission Control, we have a serious problem on planet Earth! Don't want to alarm anyone, but methane is 20 times more potent than CO2 and being released from Arctic permafrost faster than previously known. It is already warming up more permafrost releasing even more in a feedback loop that will definitely have major environmental effects. This is truly "an intersection of fate and free will." But there are things to be done that can help all this shift direction.

I know that some readers feel politics is tedious and I exaggerate the degree that George Bush has flaunted and ignored the supreme law of our land, the US Constitution. Today's article may help you understand to what degree Dubya is an outlaw and criminal. A bit from Molly Ivins' last book, it seems that even wearing a T-shirt can get you thrown in jail, lose your job, and years of hassle. This is not about partisan politics. In fact, the Republican party has become the party of Fascism and lawlessness.

As many of you know, in my opinion H.P. Blavatsky was arguably the most remarkable woman to walk this Earth since Mary, mother of St. Issa. She brought the Ageless Wisdom to the Western world, and changed the future of humanity forever. Today I'll share what is said to be the last thing she ever wrote, found on her desk after her death. It is an amazing blessing for us all, and offers everyone hope that regardless of how we "succeed" or "fail," our Divine Estate is guaranteed.

We have many "Soul mates" through lifetimes of interactions here on Earth, but there is only one "Twin Flame." A soul mate helps you know your Soul. This can come through both pleasurable and painful experiences. And not all Soul mates are supposed to be with us for our entire life. Some are here to unblock our Soul and then move on. Today we examine how to attract appropriate partners, as well as how to recognize who our Soul mates really are.

This song seemed fitting to post right now, given how tense things are domestically and abroad. Authoritarians and the fascist forces for war are denigrating, mocking, shouting down, threatening, jailing, and beating down those who believe we could become a more peaceful, democratic world if we'd only give it an honest chance. Bruce Springsteen once said, "This is one of the greatest songs about human freedom ever written." If you haven't heard this song, or even if you have, it's time to take a moment to ponder a phrase or two, since the chimes of freedom are indeed tolling for all of us.

When I first broke this story, a commenter inferred I was being paranoid. I was reminded of the old adage from my antiwar days in 69-70 that "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you're not being followed." Today we get the straight story from Ms. Amy Goodman herself on the exact events of the day. There was much more than what Leslie Griffith reported, included bloodied bodies and police brutality with reactivity not that far from Chicago 68. See you below the jump.

I ran across these on Truthout. They are both disturbing in different ways, but are related in one big way - the US is at severe risk of losing any pretentions of being a democracy, which of course affects the entire world. The first article outlines 40 years of the Republican playbook which places dirty tricks over honesty and demonstrates they are willing to make deals with anyone to throw an election their way. The second story concerns how an honest reporter was thrown in jail at the Repub convention simply for asking where her producers were. If you're not into politics, don't bother to comment, but then never ask for whom the bell tolls, for it tolls for thee (and we all).

This was originally part of the series on retrograde planets but it seemed worthy of independent examination. The speeds of our natal and progressed planets are linked to the RX phenomenon, but have their own meaning in our lives separate from the phenomenon of retrogradation. Today we take a brief look at some possible manifestations.